result of an observation report, the Indian Supreme Court has stated that "shameful" tourism must stop
human safaris to see the Jarawa of the Andaman Islands have finally ended with the authorities of that country to the national and international pressure.
For the first time in a generation, members of the tribe are able to walk through the forest to the prying eyes of tens of thousands of tourists visit the islands in the bay Bengal every year to see them.
the Supreme Court of India ordered last week for safaris which shocked the country and sparked outrage around the world after being exposed by the
Observer
January.
activists who fight to protect the reclusive Jarawa welcome the revolutionary victory. "We see this as a major victory in the campaign against" human safaris "in the world," the activist said Sophie Grig of Survival International. "It will stop the Jarawa be treated like animals in a zoo."
But despite the celebrations, activists remain wary of the intentions of the authorities Andaman, who fought tooth and nail against the ban. The Supreme Court was asked to indicate whether they believe the tribe should remain in isolation or similar, and have set February 26 as the date for a new hearing.
"This is a very dangerous, because it implies that the decision should be left to the authorities and not the Jarawa themselves," said Grig.
There are only about 400 members of the Jarawa tribe left in the jungles of the northern part of South Andaman Island. Until about 15 years ago, there was little contact between members of the tribe and the Indian settlers, but the construction of the road through the Andaman heart of the jungle in the 1980s was inevitable that the two groups is in closer proximity.
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